Illegality and Public Policy

The second edition of Illegality and Public Policy provides comprehensiveness, detailed commentary and coverage of the principles of illegality and public policy within contracts. This title will not only help you familiarise yourself with current procedures but ground the subject matter and enable you to apply the law in a creative way to support your case. It:

• Explains the principles of illegality in contracts showing you the basis for current cases
• Analyses the difficult topic of statutory prohibition of contracts
• Discusses contractual indemnity and the “no benefit from a crime” rule including forfeiture in the law of succession
• Considers the theory behind fraudulent and corrupt transactions
• Analyses the extent to which the legal process can be compromised by the stifling of prosecutions
• Highlights potential arguments to challenge contract terms, offering you creative ways of using the field to support your case
• Deals with the effects upon contracts of findings of illegality, including the developing law of restitution
• Includes new worked examples to help you ground the subject matter and apply the law to the case in hand
• Covers restraint of trade in full
• Includes material on illegality and employment law, showing how it affects this important area of law
• Provides expert commentary on the 29 Law Commission report
• Gives you analysis on the relevant case law, including many recent cases in the UK dealing with illegality issues
• Covers Commonwealth law, offering insight into the international elements of illegality
• Covers the specific area of illegality in contracts
• CONTENTS
• Illegality
• Public Policy
• Restraint of Trade
• Relief from the Consequences
• The Challenge of Change